Eight insane facts about textile recycling

No matter what side of the Atlantic you represent, the extent of personal textile waste is staggering. One battle that both Brits and Americans are losing is the battle against textile waste. Learn why it’s time for a textile recycling revolution.

Even though the U.K. appears to generate less textile waste, one in five Brits admit to throwing away a garment after a single wear. This means that more than $127 million of clothing winds up in landfills each year after being worn once. (One in five Brits also think that light sabers exist.)

One in four American women own seven pairs of jeans, but only wear four of them regularly. (One in four Americans also don’t know what nation the U.S. declared independence from.)

By placing drop boxes for used clothes across the country, USAgain has saved over 480 million items of clothing from landfills, and they aren’t stopping there. Make a change in your own life by depositing reusable clothes, shoes and household textile in a USAgain dropbox near you.